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Sentences ending with composure

For us the worst anxiety was over, and our mother recovered her composure. [10]
She knew not what was to be required of her, she was a stranger in a strange land; but persecution and exile had gone far to strengthen her spirit and greaten her composure. [11]
I'm able to watch all their inspirations with perfect composure. [8]
Mrs. Crozier, however, was fully conscious of the poignancy of the remark, and once again her face flushed slightly, though she kept outward composure. [11]
Before the approaching wagon came alongside, she knew from the grey and the darkbrown horses who was driving them, and she made a strong effort for composure. [11]
His heart beat tumultuously, his hand trembled, he grew suddenly weak; but he summoned up his will, and ruled himself to something like composure. [11]
But she met the warning eye of the man himself, calm and resolute, she saw the suffering in the face, endured with what composure! [11]
But she knew that the Nile would flow backwards before she could dissuade him from keeping his promise to the abbess, so she forced herself to preserve at any rate outward composure. [10]
The progress of that look had granted Philip an instant's time to recover his composure. [11]
Nothing ever really shook the place out of a wholesome control and composure. [11]

Short sentences using composure

Her composure was very irritating. [4]
This news destroyed Barbara's composure. [10]

More example sentences with the word composure in them

Mr. Motley has written without haste, with the leisurely composure of a master. [6]
I set to work with renewed pleasure, and more composure than at first. [10]
Under her loving words of consolation he soon regained his composure, and, still struggling against the rising tears, he cried: "Thank Heaven, there can be no more foolish talk of flight! [10]
And Miss Lucretia, with that stern composure with which celebrities accept public situations, follows up the steps as of right and takes the chair he assigns her beside the chairman. [9]
Hylda had spoken with sorrowful decision, and then this pause had come, in which Faith tried to gain composure and strength. [11]
Hunger was not with him, nor composure, nor speech, and when he twisted in frequent unquiet movements the heavy guns that he had not removed knocked against the table-legs. [13]
It was Archibius, who with grave composure bade them follow him, and silently led them around the sanctuary to a side door, through which, a short time before, a litter had passed, accompanied by several attendants. [10]
Finally the Kadi went up to Paula, whose heroic composure as she heard the sentence of death had filled him with admiration. [10]
Well, as I was saying," he continued, recovering his composure, "now there's this recruiting. [2]
Lempriere drew himself up with a slashing attempt at composure, but ended by flaming from head to foot, his face shining like a cock's comb, the perspiration standing out like beads upon his forehead, his eyes gone blind with confusion. [11]
You have an unusual quantity of Quaker composure, to see in it all 'inevitable law. [11]
He would have understood a torrent of words--to him that would have regulated the true value of the situation; but this disdainful composure embarrassed him. [11]
He knew how to maintain his composure, and even admitted that Ulrich must travel, but said it was still too soon. [10]
He was good to look at-clean-shaven, broad of brow, fine of figure, composed of carriage, though it was not the composure of the people by whom he was surrounded. [11]
If he has to do so, he gives his life with a stony sense of loss which has none of the composure of those who have solace in thinking that what they leave behind has a constantly decreasing value. [11]
It was schooled to composure, because it gave advantage in life's intercourse, not from any inner urbanity. [11]
For a long time nothing was heard beneath the sycamore save Miriam's low moans and the impatient footsteps of the warrior who, while struggling for composure, did not venture to disturb her. [10]
If you went through the ceremony calmly, or even with sufficient composure not to excite alarm in any present, you are safe beyond question, and in two or three months, to say the most, will be the happiest of men. [7]
Quickly, however, as though fearful lest he should think he could trouble her composure, she laid a hand upon herself. [11]
I first heard them made the subject of an animated exchange of thought in the Dirichlet household, where Professor Baum emerged from his aristocratic composure to denounce vehemently materialism and its apostles. [10]
I believe that their confidence in the authenticity of Mrs. Eddy's inspirations is so limitless and so firmly established that no change, however violent, which she might make in a Bible text could disturb their composure or provoke from them a protest. [5]
While cowering under the sycamore, she had not only struggled and prayed for composure, but also gazed into her own soul. [10]
But who beneath the sun who has warm blood in his veins can preserve his composure when juicy grapes are held before his thirsting lips to be withdrawn, as from Tantalus, ere he can taste them? [10]
The composure of the servants was, in the circumstances, remarkable. [11]
The butler was the only person who quickly regained his composure, came forward to the magistrate cap in hand, and said obsequiously that he and his fellow-servants were in evil case. [10]
As Heinz uttered the last words he pointed to the door, and this indiscreet, anything but inviting gesture robbed Siebenburg of the last remnant of composure maintained with so much difficulty. [10]
Prince Andrew was struck by the extraordinarily disdainful composure with which Speranski answered the old man. [2]
The President having spoken, Philip rose, and, bowing to the Congress with dignity and composure, left the chamber with Count Carignan Damour. [11]
His rage, however, soon subsided in the presence of the strange composure with which his companion in misfortune bore the rudest insults, and Joshua was glad to have the other beset him less frequently with complaints and questions. [10]
This action was so unlike her usual composure and the fear depicted on Prince Vasili's face so out of keeping with his dignity that Pierre stopped and glanced inquiringly over his spectacles at his guide. [2]
And again the sight of her gave him the composure he so greatly needed. [10]
But the composure she needed for prayer was soon destroyed, for the image of the knight rose before her again and again, and it seemed as if her own name, which he had called with such ardent longing, once more rang in her ears. [10]
With dignified composure, she asked to have the sons whom she had given to Antony--not Caasarion--acknowledged as Kings of Egypt. [10]
She deferred the session until the following day, and resolved to go out upon the sea, to endeavour to regain her composure. [10]
The governor, whose sensitive nerves had been liable to such attacks of panic ever since an exiled Greek had once attempted to murder him, now soon recovered his composure, and looked with great admiration at the hanging round which the family were standing. [10]
The maid-servant, whose scream had startled the others, had regained her composure and seemed eager to hear some other new and terrible omen, for, with a beseeching glance, she begged the freedman not to withhold the knew. [10]
But her mother saw clearly enough her struggle with infirmity, and was not deceived by either her gaiety or by the cheerful composure which she carried into all the ordinary duties that fell to her. [5]
When she had satisfied the needs of her own soul, she turned to us, and with cheerful composure directed the decoration of the mound. [10]
Yet the strangest, saddest smile played about her lips; and presently, as the eyes of the others fastened on the woman and did not leave her, she regained her usual composure. [11]
Pandion holds the reins with elegant composure, and urges the horses to a frantic pace by a mere whistle, without ever using the whip. [10]
But he speedily regained his composure, for a ray of light had fallen on her face, revealing that the person who stood before him was not Kasana, but her nurse, who had accompanied her to the prisoners and then to the camp. [10]
But she soon regained her composure, and continued: "What are you saying? [10]
By degrees she regained composure, and she was rising, sensible of being relieved of a weighty burden, when a sudden start on Lassiter's part alarmed her. [13]
Anatole was not quick-witted, nor ready or eloquent in conversation, but he had the faculty, so invaluable in society, of composure and imperturbable self-possession. [2]
Even the soldier's quickly awakened wrath had long since subsided into composure. [10]
Herr Casper, deadly pale, was clinging with his right hand to the baluster, pressing his left on his brow, as he vainly struggled for composure and breath. [10]
She turned very pale at the first shock, but soon she could listen to him with composure, and presently quite recovered her usual demeanor. [10]
Anatole kissed the old man, and looked at him with curiosity and perfect composure, waiting for a display of the eccentricities his father had told him to expect. [2]
Detricand still would not be tempted out of his composure. [11]
He looked at no one, but stood contemplating space with a composure which made Barry Whalen almost jump from his seat in rage. [11]
Barbara, though with no little difficulty, succeeded in maintaining her composure during these counsels and the declaration of the servant of the Holy Church. [10]
As this was no business of Mr Swiveller's, the person not ringing the office bell, he pursued his diversion with perfect composure, notwithstanding that he rather thought there was nobody else in the house. [12]
This Barine's very name sounds like a jeer at the composure I maintain with so much difficulty. [10]
But when he met the stranger's clear gaze, he quickly regained his composure, and said: "He only knew how to draw, because he understood how to forge beautiful, artistic things. [10]
Then, struggling to maintain her composure, she joyously uttered his name, and as he rushed into the room, cried "Ulrich! [10]
She flushed a little, but otherwise retained her remarkable composure. [9]
But when the little Chevalier stopped and turned his eye-glass upon him with sudden startled inquiry, he found it harder to keep composure. [11]
At first Heinz listened to the luckless gambler's outbreak of rage in silent amazement, but when the latter began to threaten, and even clapped his hand on his sword, the composure which never failed him in the presence of anything that resembled danger quickly returned. [10]
He intended to kill Philip--he was one of the most expert swordsmen in France--yet he was constrained to respect a composure not sangfroid and a firmness in misfortune not bravado. [11]
We now discussed in what sequence and manner I should go to work, and to this day I admire the composure, penetration, and lucidity with which he sketched a plan of study that covered years. [10]
He, too, saw in the convent the fitting place for her future life, now bereft of its best possessions; but although she succeeded in retaining her composure during his entreaties and warnings, she still most positively refused to obey the Emperor's order. [10]
Breathing hard, as if stunned by her words, the tribune remained standing on the threshold where the terrible lady had vanished from his sight, and then, striving to regain his composure, pushed back the curling locks from his brow. [10]
But at last I thought I saw it in a decrease of that cold composure, that impassiveness, so fascinating in the past. [11]
T. L. As Hylda read, she passed through phases of feeling begotten of new understanding which shook her composure. [11]
The single gentleman, however, was not in the slightest degree affected by this circumstance, but proceeded with perfect composure to unwind the shawl which was tied round his neck, and then to pull off his boots. [12]
His father received his son's communication with external composure, but inward wrath. [2]
He smiled, but his gesture as he stroked his moustache implied a slight annoyance at her composure. [9]
When he recovered his composure, he exclaimed: "Lips shall stay, you rogues; he shall stay! [10]
When he regained his composure he saw, with a shade of disappointment, that Barbara's eyes had remained dry during the description of an event in which he himself and so many stronger men had shed burning tears. [10]
Her address to him was made with perfect composure. [14]
She confided to him alone that the Queen had committed Barine's fate to Alexas, for the news might easily have led the mother of the endangered woman to some desperate venture; but even Archibius's composure, so difficult to disturb, was not proof against it. [10]
Agitated, yet ruling herself to composure, Madelinette approached him and made her proposal to him. [11]
When Paula withdrew hers, she preserved her composure better than the governor's wife, and said quite calmly, though her cheeks were burning: "Then we will try to part without any ill-will, and I thank you for having made that possible. [10]
He seemed to her to have put on twenty years in the steady force of his personality--in the composure of his bearing, in the self-reliance of his look, though his face and form were singularly youthful. [11]
Perhaps, after all, her singing was the only thing which could restore his lost composure. [10]
Repression had been her practice for unnumbered years, and the only heralds of her feelings were the restless wells of her dark eyes: the physical and mental misery she had endured lay hid under the pale composure of her face. [11]
It needed all her courage and all her innate strength to rule herself to composure. [11]
He had not her careful composure. [11]
She knew what he was trying to say, and as the idea was not new she kept composure. [11]
But then again he was near losing his composure, for the lady raised her veil, and measured him with a glance as though he had asked something strange and audacious indeed. [10]
By the time he had handed it back, and its beautiful wearer had put it on again (which she did with perfect composure and indifference), the lodger returned with the show and showmen at his heels, and a strong addition to the body of spectators. [12]
In the half-kneeling, half-sitting posture, with her hands clasped before her, so to steady herself to composure, Angele looked a suppliant--and a saint. [11]
When the Landlady had recovered her composure, she began again: The Lady that's been so long with me is going to a house of her own, --one she has bought back again, for it used to belong to her folks. [6]
When the orator had gotten back his composure he did a wise thing; for he followed Joan's advice: he made no more attempts at sham impromptu oratory, but read his speech straight from his "book. [5]
Immediately the Arab had gone, Dicky's face flushed with excitement, in the reaction from his lately assumed composure. [11]
And down the great piles there blew a wind of stirring life, of the composure of great strength, and touched the four, and the man that mounted now was turned to go. [11]
Her composure was gone, though she was very quiet, and she had that look of a vital absorption which possesses human beings in crises of their lives. [11]
If he should go into literature as a critic, he would scalp and tomahawk with the same emotionless composure, and he would do nothing else. [4]
She did not fully recover her composure until Appenzelder came up to her and held out his large hand. [10]
Olympius had risen from his place as Symposiarch and was leaning against a door-post awaiting death with manly composure. [10]
I almost long for some of the uniform serenity you describe in Mrs. ----'s disposition; or, at least, I would fain have her power of self- control and concealment; but I would not take her artificial habits and ideas along with her composure. [14]
Frau Magtelt struggled for composure, but as she left the room found nothing to say, except: "Don't be troubled, don't be troubled--you won't see me again. [10]
As he set foot in the office of the firm of Belloc, however, he steeled himself to composure. [11]
That was her father's look when on the point of an outbreak of fury, and at this hour, surrounded by these people, he must not allow himself to yield to rage; he must maintain a tolerable degree of composure. [10]
After her first exclamation of dismay and pain, Zoe had regained her composure, and during the rest of the evening she was full of feverish gaiety. [11]
The moment she entered the room Paula inferred from her beaming expression that she had something to say unpleasant to herself, so she preserved due composure. [10]
Paula maintained her dignity and composure under this unexpected shock. [10]
During this preliminary conversation Hermon gained the composure he needed. [10]
And who," he continued furiously, so carried away by grief and indignation as to be unmindful of his promise to maintain his composure, "who is to blame for it all, save you and your boundless imprudence? [10]
With the stern composure of a soldier, he questioned both and learned that they were marching from the stone quarries opposite Memphis to their place of isolation on the eastern shore of the Nile. [10]

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